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DL Open Thread: Saturday, January 4, 2025
Battling Climate Change Via–Ocean Antacid?. It’s a matter of scale: The world’s oceans stow vast amounts of carbon dioxide. Now, a growing group of scientists and companies say they’ve found a way to increase that storage capacity by tweaking ocean water chemistry. The technique, known as ocean alkalinity enhancement, usually involves dissolving acid-neutralizing rocks in […]
In What Universe Is This Not A Police Cover-Up?
Here’s the story: An Odessa state representative is facing DUI and vehicular assault charges after Delaware State Police say he drove while intoxicated and caused a crash, injuring another driver. Delaware state House Rep. Kevin Hensley, who recently won reelection to his 9th District seat in November, will be arraigned Tuesday in Kent County Court […]
Song of the Day 1/3: Bobby Womack, “Lookin’ for a Love”
Listening to this 1974 No. 10 hit for soul singer/songwriter/guitarist Bobby Womack, you’d never guess it started out as a traditional spiritual. Like much of the transformation of gospel into soul, Sam Cooke provided the spark. The origins of “I Couldn’t Hear Nobody Pray” had already been lost by the time the Fisk Jubilee Quartet […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, January 3, 2025
Mike Johnson’s Day Of Reckoning. For all the breathless supposition, he’s gonna be reelected Speaker. There’s nobody else who could get the votes. Now, it may not be today, but it’ll happen. With his bid to keep his speakership on the line — despite support from President-elect Donald Trump — the Louisiana Republican is looking […]
Why Matt Meyer Vetoed The Impact Fees Increases, And How Councilmembers Feel About It
GUEST POST BY VAL GOULD: On December 10th, New Castle County Council passed Substitute 1 for Ordinance 24-008, which calls for an update to the county’s impact fees for the first time since 1999. On December 26th, outgoing County Executive Matt Meyer vetoed the bill, drawing criticism from some council members. Impact fees are charged […]
Song of the Day 1/2: Bartees Strange, “Sober”
This is for El Somnambulo, and anyone else on Day 2 of their Dry January. Bartees Strange is one of his faves. I’m sure he’s this song already – it’s been in heavy rotation on WXPN since it dropped in November, in advance of a new album, “Horror,” coming out next month – but it […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, January 2, 2025
Tesla Cybertruck Explodes Out Of Trump Vegas Hotel. That can’t be coincidence, can it? Signs point to ‘no’: A Tesla Cybertruck filled with large firework mortars and gas canisters exploded near the entrance of Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas on Wednesday morning, killing the driver and injuring seven others, according to police. Just Your […]
Song of the Day 1/1: Ferko String Band, “Alabama Jubilee”
You probably don’t know the name of this tune, but if you’ve ever seen a commercial for Philadelphia’s Mummers Parade you’ve heard it. Ferko String Band sold 1 million copies when they released it as a single in 1955. It was an oldie even then. “Alabama Jubilee” was published in 1915, toward the end of […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Day 1 of our Dry January. Which will mostly be spent working off the effects of the three glasses of champagne we had last night. Wonder if my prose will become more lucid. I mean, it almost has to, doesn’t it? N’Awlins Mass Murder: At least 10 people have been killed and 30 injured after […]
Song of the Day 12/31: André Rieu, “Auld Lang Syne”
There is something about the tune we use for Robert Burns’ “Auld Lang Syne” that urges people to start singing. Listen to the start of this video of Dutch violinist and conductor André Rieu striking up the tune at a concert in Maastricht, the Netherlands. He doesn’t get to the end of the first line […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 31, 2024
While there are still great reporters plying their craft at legacy media outlets like the NYTimes and Washington Post, I find that the consistently-best outlets for the stories I like to cover and that our readers like to read are coming from non-corporate media. If you value their work as much as I do, you […]
2024: The Good. The Bad. The Ridiculous.
The Good: January 30: Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick Voids Elon Musk’s Tesla Compensation Package, Calls It ‘Unfathomable’. Feb. 13: Conviction Of Former State Auditor Kathy McGuiness Upheld. Mar. 12: Both bills protecting retired state workers from Carney’s attempts to dump them onto a Medicare Advantage plan pass the House unanimously. Apr. 25: Hospital Care Cost Review […]
Song of the Day 12/30: Lou Reed, “Dirty Blvd.”
Bleak times call for bleak songs. Lou Reed made this the centerpiece of his critically acclaimed 1989 LP “New York,” and it topped Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart for four weeks. The blunt, caustic album clicked because it accurately reflected the mood of the country after nearly a decade of Republican rule. The song became […]
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